Hey, this is my first fanfic so, please be kind :)
it may all be slightly confusing now but after you've read the whole story, it will all make perfect sense,,, R&R!
Black lightening
Typical, I thought to myself whilst examining the grey, miserable day and the huge rain drops which were pounding violently against the old, battered window… typical England, gah! I have to walk home in this, maybe I'll just hang around here until the rain stop, mum won't care, I continued to have the silent conversation in my head. I was quite happy in my own little world, no-one there to tell me off or disagree with any of my decisions. Maybe I should start incorporating them into reality… I sighed, thinking of what I was going to do until the rain had stopped. Read? Listen to my iPod maybe? I nodded, yup, I'll listen to my iPod.
I sat up straight off my desk, head feeling heavier than usual, how long had I been sitting there daydreaming, I looked at the clock to see that it was 2:20pm. School lets out at 3:00, I thought to myself which was completely pointless… I stretched and slumped back into my original position with my head lying lazily in my folded arms upon the desk. Hypnotised slightly from the beating rain, and staying up all of last night was an unfortunate combination, my eyes grew heavy as I started to slowly fall into a light, but most wanted sleep… BANG! My ears rang violently as my eyes flew open to be staring at a long, metre ruler about two inches from my nose. I slowly sat up, keeping my head low to avoid eye contact with the surrounding pupils around me.
"Miss Jones, would you please like to repeat the three known types of radiation?" Mr Smaller said rather quietly, clearly set out to either, 1) Embarrass me in front of all my class mates or 2) Tease me as he always did in my physics lesson. I looked up slowly, and glared right into his eyes, he seriously underestimated me…
"Alpha, beta and gamma." I said sternly whilst I kept glaring at him coldly. He stood still, clearly beaten and had nothing else constructive to say.
"Very well… just sit up and concentrate a little more…" he trailed off. I continued to glare coldly at him, my head following his every movement until he started teaching again. Of course, as usual, I ignored his feeble command as I stretched my legs out and lay back on my chair, tilting it onto two legs. I listened to the lesson for about two minutes as i fell deeper and deeper into boredom as what was being taught, I already knew. At least I tried to concentrate…
I closed my eyes again, jeesh, I was so tired. I don't know why, but recently, I've been having nightmares so frightening, I've figured that it's better if I don't sleep at all. It's surprising, the wonders of coffee… I trailed off in my little world inside my head but shortly after I was brought to attention by the door opening to see Mr Samm looking rather stressed and worried… my chair hit the floor with a soft tap as he made his way to where a confused Mr Smaller was stood. He ran his fingers through his thin wispy hair and took a deep breath;
"Please can Ms Kisu Jones meet me in my office after class?"
The whole class burst into a buzz of whispers and quiet laughter… Great, i thought to myself, I wonder if it's expulsion or isolation… I trailed off as he shuffled out of the room, apologizing and thanking Mr Smaller.
The whole of the class's eyes were on me, burning from the front, left, right and back, every single pairs of eyes were on me.
I was just about to stand up and smack the living daylights out of everyone in the room but, as the saying goes, they were all saved by the bell…
I roughly grabbed my books and coat, not bothering to put it on, and stormed out of the class room without being dismissed. Frankly, I'd just about had enough of them all! I mumbled to myself as I walked to the end of the corridor and knocked loudly on the two, familiar, oak doors. I'd been sent to the headmaster's office many times for detentions, bad news etc. this really wasn't anything new at all…
I was surprised to have the doors opened and not a yell from inside ordering me to enter.
"Please, do come in" said Mr Samm beckoning me into his large, cosy room.
I shoved past him and slumped onto the small, wooden chair opposite his desk. I paid particular attention to his appearance as he sat down at his desk and was looking through some papers; his hair looked even thinner than other days and slightly greyer, his eyes were dark and were surrounded by dark, purple marks, his skin was also as white as the piece of paper he was looking at.
He cleared his throat and snapped me out of my trance… again, taking a huge breath before he talked;
"Ms Jones, I have summoned you here today to bring you bad news…" he trailed off, as if thinking how to say what the bad news was. I rolled my eyes and folded my arms.
"Your mother, Sarah Jones, was killed today in an accident at her work. A fork lift lost control and rammed her into a wall, she was sent to hospital and has been in a critical stage since 11:30 am, she later passed away at a confirmed time of 2:20 this afternoon, I am terribly sorry" he whispered the last part.
I sat there, almost like I was dead myself, my mother, dead? No, why, of all the 6 billion people in the world must it be my mom? I stood, silent tears rolling continuously down my cheeks. I and my mom didn't have the strongest relationship a mother and daughter could have but still, she was my mom! I loved her so much, all the times we would shout at each other, then I would walk out, never once did I think that something this terrible could ever happen…
"I'm very, terribly sorry, Kisu." Mr Samm said whilst standing and handing me a small box.
I took the box from him and shot him a confused look…
"It was your mothers, she somehow managed to write her will the day before the accident, it's almost as if she knew…" he once again trailed off, noticing his obvious mistake.
I opened the small, dark blue box to find my mother's wedding ring. I started to cry silently again as I clenched my fists. I had a small, silver chain my dad had given me, I took if off my neck and pushed it through the ring then tied it back around my neck. I walked over to the window, it was still raining...
"GAH, DOESN'T THIS FRIGIN WEATHER EVER STOP!" I shouted as I banged my fist against the wall before collapsing onto my knees then sobbing rather loudly. Mr Samm walked over and kneeled beside me;
"To be really honest, I wouldn't know what to do right now at this moment in time," he sighed "but, what's happened has happened, and there's no changing that Kisu…" he stood and walked back over to his desk with his back facing me.
I curled up into a ball and started to wonder…
"Where the hell am I going to live? Mom always said that when she died, she was gonna put the house up for sale or something…" I said whilst looking at my reflection in the window. It was dark outside now so I could see my face; my swollen eyes, black streaks running down my cheeks…
"That's all been dealt with, please, come sit…" he beckoned towards the chair in front of his desk before sitting in his own.
"I'm fine here, thank you" I told him quietly, still looking at my horrid reflection.
"Very well. So, the house is being sold, you were correct about that and we've also noticed that you have no relatives what so ever… the money from the house and your mother's car, you, will, inherit…" he trailed of examining the piece of paper before saying;
"…You will be moving to Japan."
My eyes widened, as I shot up, japan? I-I can't live in japan! My argument in my head was disrupted by Mr Samm's deep voice.
"Dr-Dr Ha-Hatoo?" he stuttered as he struggled with the pronunciation, he shortly after corrected himself;
"Ahh, Dr Hatori Sohma" he said proudly. I marched over and snatched the papers from his hand, he gave a confused look as I searched the details from where this strange doctor had come into my life…surely mom new him… (Oh, and by the way, yes, I am English with a Japanese name, my mom, she used to absolutely adore and love the Japanese culture, she visited friends often and once, when I was 13, and I travelled there with her and met all her friends. She was fluent in the language and taught me, (before dad died and we actually got along well).)
"He was a close friend of your mother's best friend, Kana…" he trailed off, giving me chance to remember…
"However, your mother lost all contact with Kana a few months ago; he is the only family friend that you are allowed to stay with, to live with." He said rubbing his eyes…
I stood still and silent, I've never met a Doctor Hatori Sohma, or the correct way, Sohma Hatori… but, I suppose I have no choice in the matter…
"Fine" I huffed, "Seen as I have no choice, I'll go live with this complete stranger…" I walked over to the door.
"Wait!" Mr Samm said, "You will be picked up at 6:00 am tomorrow, pack tonight all that you want, your money will be transferred into yens and last, I wish you success over in japan, and even though you've had your ups and downs, you're a very intelligent girl, Kisu, and I wish you all of my blessed good luck" he said whilst bowing.
I gave him a strange look before smiling warmly at him; "Thank you for everything you have done, Sir, I'm sorry that sometimes I've been a right cow to teach etc. but well, thanks…" I smiled warmly again as I walked out of the room and down the now empty corridor.
My head was pounding, my heart ached and I had to walk home in this weather. I opened to creaking door, took a deep breath and said my farewells to the school as it slowly disappeared as I walked further and further into the darkness. The rain seemed to be more violent than earlier today, tsk, typical, AGAIN! I shouted to myself inside my head. I picked my pace up now jogging whilst placing my iPod earphones in. I put the heaviest metal I could find and turned the volume up full. My ears felt like they were bleeding but I didn't care…
I walked into the now empty house, throwing my soaked bag on the floor. I slipped out of my coat and tip-toed upstairs. As I was walking to the end of the long, eerie corridor of my house, I stopped outside a door which was shut. I carefully placed my slightly quivering hand onto the door handle, and pushed it open. I stood, still with my hand on the door handle, gazing upon the dark, empty room. I took two steps forward before I realised I was silently crying again. I went over to the bed and gently dragged my fingers along the bed as I walked. I got to the head rest and saw a picture of me, my dad and my mother all smiling happily at the beach. I picked up the picture and held it close to my heart. I was stood there for a while before putting the picture back down gently. The rain still pounded against the window as I shuffled out of my mother's old room. I shut the door behind me with a soft, click, and walked into the bathroom. I pushed the door so it was shut but not locked.
I walked over to the bath and perched on the edge of the giant container. My head rested in my hands as my elbows rested on my knees. Tears started to roll down my cheeks; the gentle, uneven beating of the taps my tears made against the hard flooring could now be heard.
I wiped my tears away quite roughly as I stood, slipping my skirt and shirt off. I turned the shower on, giving it chance to heat up properly. While I was waiting, I examined my hideous reflection; my long, wet, indigo hair reaching my waist, my, long legs and arms… I sighed, my ribs could be seen pretty easily now, mom was right, I am just too skinny. The thought of eating made me feel ill but I was distracted by the steam pouring out of the shower block. I jumped in and shut the door…
I was now laid on my single bed in my small, dark room. The shower had made me even more sleepier! I turned over onto my side and hitched my legs up and pressed them against my chest my hair was getting in the way so I tied it into a rough braid which felt much better, even though it would be wavy in the morning…
DAMN!
I had to pack my bag! I quickly stood and yanked my black travel bag from under my bed. I packed the books I enjoyed the most and which I knew I would never get bored of, then I packed all of my clothes that still fitted me, that wasn't much, and then I packed my essentials such as toiletries etc. I flounced back on my bed, slightly panting after running round in a hurry to get my bag packed. I resumed the position I was in before my mad dash to get everything ready, my eyes grew extremely heavy…
There was a huge crash of thunder then the blinding beam of lightening from outside which shook me a little. I crawled under the thin fleece and closed my eyes, somehow, I wasn't scared of falling a sleep tonight, I don't know why… I was trying to figure this out when somewhere along that thought; I fell into a deep, deep sleep.
A taxi had come to pick me up, just like Mr Samm had said, at 6:00am. I was taken to the airport with my entire luggage and at the airport, there was a tall, friendly looking woman waiting for me. She had thick, auburn hair which was tied in a neat bun at the back of her head; she was wearing a woman's business jacket and a tight fitting pencil skirt. As she saw me enter, he smiled warmly and came over to greet me.
"Hello, you must me Miss Kisu Jones, am I correct?" she asked. I just simply nodded as she carried on, "Ahh, great stuff well, let's get started then shall we?" she beckoned towards the table she had been sitting at and sat down. I took a seat opposite her and just kept quiet whilst she explained;
"I am Ms Whorld but you can call me Abbie, I am here to discuss a few things before you move over to japan, we all know that your only 15 and not yet an adult so all of the tricky things have been taken care of." She said crinkling her nose and smiling. To be quite honest, I was a little bit offended by her comment as the recent tests that I have taken had proven that my mental age was two years older than my physical! Gah, oh well… she continued after having a sip of coffee, "In this envelope is a credit card that can be used in japan, it holds a grand total of ¥6.0 million." She said whilst placing a piece of paper in front of me with a pen, "just sign here and that's yours…" she trailed off as she was looking through other documents. I read quickly to make sure there wasn't any catches and there wasn't so I signed away. She looked over her glasses to see that I had signed before continuing, "Great. So, you fully aware of, you will be staying with Dr Sohma Hatori and his family. I'm sure he will explain more when you get there. I just need you to sign here, here and here…" she said pointing at three different dotted lines. After reading it through yet again, to make sure there weren't any catches, I obeyed and signed my name three times over. She smiled and handed over the credit card. "In there is information on how to use it, what happens if it gets stolen or lost etc. also included is you pin number and bank details." She explained pointing at the rather heavy envelope that I held in my hands, she took another sip of coffee then looked at her watch, "You will be boarding your plane at 10:00am, so you have 1hour and 25minuets to kill." I sighed, what was the point of getting up at 6:00am then? She stood and picked up her small, black bag from the chair next to her, "do you want a coffee or something to eat?" she said pointing towards the small café area. "Sure, a coffee sounds good." I smiled; she returned the smile and walked over to the counter.
As I sat there, I wondered what this doctor could look like, how old was he? Did he have any sons or daughters? Maybe he was young, like 20 or something… I was interrupted when a steaming cup of coffee was placed in front of me along with a beagle and a few different toppings. I gave her a perplexed look as I never asked for a beagle…
"You need food." She mumbled whilst concentrating on pulling the plastic lid of her coffee without spilling it everywhere. She had obviously noticed my weight.
"I've already eaten" I lied, and picked the beagle up, "thanks but, you can have it." I smiled whilst I offered the beagle to her. She just simply smiled and took it off me. Phew! We sat there in silence for a while before she started asking me strange (well I thought they were) questions about me. I hated talking about myself so I changed the subject quickly and asked her questions. She answered them in quite some detail and before we knew it, id drank two and a half cups of coffee and it was time for me to leave.
"You better get going now…" she sighed. I nodded and stood silently, "Erm, thanks, Abbie, for sorting everything out," I paused "and the coffee!" I laughed, she laughed too and gave me a tight squeeze before saying; "It's my job, and good look in japan!" she smiled. I thanked her and walked off around the corner. The taxi driver had already taken my suitcase and when I asked I was informed that it was already on the plane. I lined up and gave my ticket to a tall man who smiled and thanked me. I found my seat, I was sitting next to a small woman who already had her earphones in and her eyes shut. I chucked my bag in the overhead compartment after getting my iPod out. I sat down and placed my earphones in. I closed my eyes as we set of and flew into the bright blue sky.
"Excuse me, Miss." I opened my eyes to see a very pretty air-hostess in my face trying to wake me up, I blinked as she stood up and continued; "We've landed in japan, I hope you had a pleasant flight" she said beaming.
I stumbled up, confused and embarrassed only to see that the whole plane was empty. I went to grab my bag from the over-head compartment only to see that the air-hostess held it in her hands, still, beaming. I smiled and thanked her as I walked off the plane. It was cold, noisy and busy. I zipped my coat up and went over to collect my bag. As I stood waiting for my bag, there was a tall, mysterious man stood next to me with my bag!
(I am now speaking in Japanese)
"Erm, excuse me sir," he looked around as if to say, 'are you talking to me?' I continued, "That's my bag." I said pointing at the black bag personalised by me.
He smiled before saying, "Your Kisu Jones right" he asked. I froze, this man was so beautiful, his emerald eyes gleamed as his smile gently touched them, his black, charcoal hair long, but not too long. He was quite quiet and reserved I thought but I guess I'd only just met the guy.
"Yeah" I answered. He smiled again, "I'm Sohma Hatori, you will be living with me and my family, as you probably already know." He said whilst ordering a man in black, he looked like some sort of driver, to pick my bag up. He walked off saying, "C'mon, let's get back, please follow Miss Jones" I did as he asked and followed him into a black car. (I'm not very good with cars but I can tell you that it was very ice!)
We drove for about half an hour before stopping at a pair of very grand gates. Hatori thanked the driver and grabbed my bags. I thanked him too and followed the tall man through the gates which were now open. I stopped, shocked at the sheer size of this place, it was like a small town. I heard a low chuckle come from the man holding my suitcase and quickly regained my posture and continued to follow him. He led me into the biggest building of all and through the typical Japanese corridors. It was amazing, so peaceful and relaxing, almost like a holiday resort for the rich and famous.
"Only Sohmas live here, no-one from the outside is let in usually." Hatori said as he stopped outside one of the many doors.
"So why am I the only exception?" I asked him, confused. He just smiled, and said, "Akito, the head will explain, Miss Jones but I must explain that he is the leader, the head of our family," he paused before saying,
"…our god."
I looked at him, no expression on my face but really inside, I was terrified of this 'god' it seemed like he was a very important person, the way Hatori put him anyway.
"So could I ask you kindly to be as respectful as you possibly can?" he said, his eyes, hard, it wasn't like earlier. I just nodded.
"This is your room," he slid the door open before continuing, "you have a bathroom just there and a stove over there, but you are welcome to eat with the other Sohma children." He finished, "I will be back to collect to in ten minuet's, Akito will explain the rules." He started to walk off.
"WAIT!" I grabbed his jacket whilst shouting. He looked at me, I couldn't read the emotion which was spread all over his face, I blushed, "I-I wanted to say, erm…" I trailed of out of embarrassment, "…Thank you!" I remembered, but I kept my head low. He raised my head by lifting up my chin before saying, "No problem." With a dazzling smile, he walked off and disappeared around the corner.
I walked into my new room, well, new home and looked around blankly. There was a rather large futon on the floor near the window, a wardrobe and not much else. I could personalise it more later on, I thought and started to unpack. As I placed the last book on my shelf, I walked over to another door, I slid it open to see a Jacuzzi sized bath on the floor. I looked it astonishment at I picked up a white booklet and started to read the instructions. My reading skills of Japanese weren't that great so I was in the middle of translating the second sentence when I heard a soft knock at my door. I dropped the instruction booklet on the floor and ran back to the door I entered. I opened it to see a blonde male, roughly the same age height as me, and his large, chocolate brown eyes staring into my own. He smiled and said;
"Im Sohma Momiji!" I blinked as he carried on, "Hatori asked for you to come see Akito now!" He sang, he was so adorable, he must have been a teenager but he acted as if he was still in primary school, he was so cute!
He laughed and knocked me out of my trace, he grabbed my hand and started to walk whilst talking, "We're going to be great friends, I'm sure!" he said and started to sing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' in English! I looked at him, confused as he said, "I've been studying English, I was wondering if you could teach me a little sometime?" he gave me puppy dog eyes. I smiled "of course I will!" He 'yayed' and then stopped outside a building.
I was that enthralled in this boy's behaviour and adorable-ness that I didn't even realise that he'd dragged me outside, through a sakura garden and outside a beautiful house. He all of a sudden went very serious when he said, "Hatori and Akito are in there…" he said pointing to the door, "I'll wait here and we can go have dinner together!" he said happily, but I could tell he'd put it on.
I simply nodded, trying to think of an excuse to not eat as I slid the door open and walked into a long, dim corridor where Hatori was leaning against a wall, opposite a door taking long, savoured drags of a cigarette.
"Are you ready?" he asked I took a deep breath and nodded. He walked over to the door and knocked gently on it twice. A dark, deep voice murmured something inside which I didn't quite hear but Hatori must have done as he slid back the door to reveal a dark room, also dimly lit with a boy, sitting crossed legged in a kimono looking out at a small, private garden. He cocked his head back slightly so he could see us. His dark, grey eyes glared into my blue ones and all he did was simply smile.